Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] sitting in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am sitting in the shade of a gum tree , by the side of a dusty road in Pinjarra , Western Australia . |
| 2 | I am sitting in the cab crying the tears of the hopelessly misunderstood . |
| 3 | So , two days on the road and here I am sitting in the sun in a café opposite the , having just eaten and drunk the compulsory croque-monsieur and hot chocolate . |
| 4 | I am sitting in the darkness , straining to hear my tutor on the phone in the dining-room on the other side of the hall . |
| 5 | Picture this : I 'm sitting in the plush office of a record company A&R Director . |
| 6 | Nothing changes , I 'm sitting in the stalls of the London Palladium gazing up at Tom Jones ' loud American-checked crutch . |
| 7 | So , for the Leningrad group Zoo , ‘ Subterranean Homesick Blues ’ became ‘ Suburb Blues ’ and the lyrics ‘ Johnny 's in the basement mixing up the medicine I 'm on the pavement thinking 'bout the government ’ became ‘ I 'm sitting in the toilet and reading Rolling Stone/Venichka is in the kitchen pouring samogon ’ ( home-made vodka ) . |
| 8 | I 'm in the dark hotel at the side of the black loch and it 's close to midnight and I 'm drunk but not stoned and so 's Andy and his pal Howie and I 'm sitting in the old ballroom on the lower ground floor , looking out over the waters to where grey ghostly moonlit mountains rise , tops glowing softly , capped with snow , and I 'm playing computer games . |
| 9 | And if my husband 's out I 'm sitting in the house |
| 10 | But I 've enjoyed being here , I hope you 've enjoyed it as much as I have , and I look forward to the next time that I 'm sitting in the hot seat ; until then , from me , goodbye . |
| 11 | One Saturday evening , when I had been apprenticed to Joe for four years , he and I were sitting in the pub , with some of the villagers , listening to Mr Wopsle . |
| 12 | One night my mother , my father and I were sitting in the dining room . |
| 13 | And I always think back to the er the time I think Edmund and I were sitting in the back garden here and deciding that we 'd go off and join the paratroopers |
| 14 | Unbeknown to me , she made some enquiries , and then one Friday , while I was sitting in the coffee shop having a quiet read of a newspaper someone had left , she appeared by my side . |
| 15 | Within my first week or so in the House , I was sitting in the Smoking Room reading a book . |
| 16 | A man at the back of the crowd said , ‘ I was sitting in the dome car lounge when Xanthe came through , and I can tell you that no one had come the other way . |
| 17 | I was sitting in the make-up chair and I felt like the ugliest piece of shit there ever was . |
| 18 | I was sitting in the office recently , finishing a shift . |
| 19 | He said : ‘ I was sitting in the TV station next to a large man with glasses and beard and I felt I knew him . |
| 20 | THE LAST TIME I WAS IN Baghdad I was sitting in the bar of the famous , and famously dreadful , Al Rashed ( ‘ It is more than a hotel , ’ say the advertisements , though they do n't tell you in what way ) , drinking with a senior government official . |
| 21 | The next morning I was sitting in the garden in the sun when suddenly I saw young Rupert of Hentzau on horse- back coming through the trees towards me . |
| 22 | There was one occasion when I was sitting in the kitchen and I heard the front door close , and then footsteps in the hall . |
| 23 | I was sitting in the car park and I appreciated the area very much , it was nice , clean area but when I came to Walsall it was smoky and dirty area I 'm sorry to say that and er , but I had no alternative but to stay here because my father was here , I had no money and er , I thought because of relations job prospects might be better here than elsewhere . |
| 24 | ‘ I was sitting in the carriage and a family was there . |
| 25 | It was half-past — two in the morning and I was sitting in the front passenger seat in dad 's Cortina while my sister Jean , who was driving , sent it hurtling down the road towards Carlisle . |
| 26 | It 's only a few days since I was sitting in the seats you all occupy , realising the difficult job that a Lord Mayor has to undertake in keeping members in order . |
| 27 | And it merely occurred to me , actually I was sitting in the unemployment benefit office and I said to them er er at one of my interviews , |
| 28 | I was sitting in the sitting-room about to make a cup of coffee when I heard a huge bang and I thought the whole house was going to cave in . |
| 29 | I was sitting in the TV room when I heard this bang . |
| 30 | Actually I 've been I was sitting in the lounge today right and you know the situation there see his car going round the corner and stop and got out the car beaming at me , I said cor give him my old ! |